Title: Parse error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Parse error

 *  [goprotos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goprotos/)
 * (@goprotos)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-357/)
 * After updating to 4.3 I am getting this error on 2 of my sites
    Parse error: 
   syntax error, unexpected ‘:’ in /home1/doughlad/public_html/enter-to-win.us/wp-
   content/themes/twentythirteen/footer.php on line 19

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-357/#post-6524517)
 * your “twentythirteen” theme seems to be the error.
 * Try deleting/renaming the folder of this theme using [FTP ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides.
   This will force your site to use the default Twenty Fifteen theme.

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 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)

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